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Time Machine works with Airport Extreme... yay!

posted by Jeff | Thursday, March 20, 2008, 12:00 AM | comments: 5

An update to the firmware on my Airport Extreme base plus an update to Time Machine seems to equal Time Machine working (without a hack) to a USB drive on the router. Yay! I've been doing this for awhile on my MacBook Pro already, but it's sweet that it works now without the hack.

I'll have to find a big old drive on sale somewhere and put that baby on the router so I can have my media drive back in the MacBook Pro. Plus future Macs in the household can use it. ;)

Comments

Neuski

March 20, 2008, 4:16 AM #

I'm really surprised they did after creating Time Capsule.

Neuski

March 20, 2008, 4:31 AM #

After thinking about it, this update gives everyone a really good reason to use an Airport.

Onceler

March 20, 2008, 4:21 PM #

From what I read it is still an undocumented feature which tells me they will still sell you a Time Capsule drive if you want the feature, this is just to keep your customers who already shelled out the $150-$200 for the AEX's.

Neuski

March 20, 2008, 5:32 PM #

I'm not saying TC will go away, but, like you said, it doesn't put the AEX owners in the dark. If I had $500 to blow, I'm not sure if I would buy a TC or go with an Airport and external drive. The reassurance of being able to replace the hard drive whenever I want sure is nice.

Jeff

March 20, 2008, 5:42 PM #

I thought the same thing when TC was announced. If not just to replace the drive for failure, but to replace it because you want a bigger one.

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